Thursday, we rode from Hamilton, through Cooperstown, to Cobleskill. There were lots of hills, some quite steep. I lost track of the number of times I was off the bike walking a steep section. The day started out foggy and chilly but eventually became sunny and pleasant.

The hills really slowed me down. My moving average was around 8 mph. I followed the cue sheet and It took a total of 11 hours, 45 minutes to travel 73.1 miles with 7021 feet of climb. Of course, that includes breakfast, lunch, and photo-op stops. I arrived just in time for the group photo at 6:45 pm. With setting up the tent, showering, getting dinner, uploading the GPS track, we didn’t get to lights out in the tent until about 10:30 pm. A very long day.

The route went through Cooperstown. But as you can see, I had no time to stop. Besides, Cooperstown was crazy busy. I was glad to get through without having to walk the bike. There was enough of that on the hills!